Push Back on Disinformation! with Defenders of Democracy Against Disinformation

<p>Produced by KSQD 90.7FM (Note: We had a few technical difficulties, however, all content is available!)</p> <p>The “Defenders of Democracy Against Disinformation’s” mission is to identify, publicly call out, and reduce financial incentives to those sources – media, public officials, or others – who participate in disseminating lies and disinformation to the detriment of our national well-being.</p> <p>DDAD has identified <em>Fox News</em> opinion programs as the biggest source of disinformation. These programs draw the largest audiences on Fox and are condoned by the highest levels of its parent corporation. Fox Corp lawyers defended Tucker Carlson in a slander case in U.S. District Court by<a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/09/29/917747123/you-literally-cant-believe-the-facts-tucker-carlson-tells-you-so-say-fox-s-lawye" target="_blank"><em> claiming that no reasonable person would believe that he conveys “actual facts.”</em></a></p> <p>This defense worked. The U.S. District Court sided with <em>Fox News</em> despite that Tucker Carlson’s viewers actually do believe he is telling them “actual facts.” Therefore, the court inferred, by its ruling, that if you believe Tucker Carlson then you are <u>not</u> a “reasonable person.” Do his viewers realize they have been determined, by a court of law,&nbsp;not to be reasonable?</p> <p>Listen to the cofounders of the “Defenders of Democracy Against Disinformation” (stopdisinformation.org) and learn more about this dangerous challenge to truth and how you counter disinformation.</p> <p><strong>Interview Guests:</strong></p> <p><strong>Julie Greenberg </strong>is President and cofounder of DDAD. She is a former secondary math teacher who retired as a director of evaluations of teacher preparation programs at the <a href="https://www.nctq.org/">National Council on Teacher Quality</a>. Since fall 2016, Julie has dedicated virtually all her time to volunteer activities, especially in-person and digital ad voter outreach in initiatives organized through <a href="https://www.3